Top 20 Crowdfunding Startup Investors in South Korea (October 2026)

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• WeGlee — WeGlee is a food and beverage startup that operates 'WeGlee,' a fast-casual dining brand centered around pasta bowls.
• Neardoc — Neardoc operates on a business-to-business subscription model providing an ambient artificial intelligence scribe solution for healthcare facilities. The platform leverages a proprietary medical reasoning engine to automatically generate structured clinical SOAP notes by analyzing doctor-patient conversations in real time. Its core valueproposition centers on eliminating administrative overhead, reducing charting time for medical professionals, and increasing patient throughput.
• READi Robust Machine — Ready Robust Machine is a company that makes carbon reduction and fuel cost improvement systems.

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• Frefins — Frefins is a specialized Rental Transformation (RX) company that generates value by connecting businesses, financial institutions, and consumers.
• NexThera — Nexcera provides innovative and sustainable medical solutions.
• Plantner — PLANTNER develops environmentally friendly polymers that utilizes the controlled-release characteristics of alginate, a polymer derived from seaweed, along with natural controlled-release fertilizers to substitute current chemical products. Concurrently, the company is engaged in research and development as well as local field trials in Korea andVietnam. These innovations are directly aimed at promoting low-input sustainable agriculture. The organization is committed to tackling the unsustainable practices prevalent in conventional agriculture through the use of slow-release fertilizers, aspiring to foster eco-friendly advancements rooted in natural materials, beginning with agriculture, which is the cornerstone of the industry. In traditional agricultural settings, the significant loss of chemical fertilizers has resulted in nutrient depletion, leading to soil degradation issues such as acidification. This reduction in soil productivity compels farmers to resort to even greater quantities of chemicals to enhance yields, thereby perpetuating a detrimental cycle of increasing overuse. As a response, coated slow-release fertilizers have been introduced; however, their synthetic polymer coatings have contributed to the buildup of microplastics in the soil, harming the habitats of beneficial microorganisms and generating additional environmental challenges. To mitigate these concerns, ongoing research and development efforts are focused on substituting the conventional coating materials of slow-release fertilizers which are responsible for environmental issues like residual microplastics with alginate, a biodegradable polymer sourced from seaweed.

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• Mommom — Mommom gathers and analyzes online meta data, as well as a list of national items categorized by objective group. Mommom is located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
• Bigwavv — Bigwavv is an all-in-one platform that helps people navigate end-of-life and after-death issues. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea.
• Medb Korea — Medb Korea is a medical consumer, hospital, and pharmacy-focused online medical care and prescription drug delivery platform.. Medb Korea is located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

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• CJ 4DPLEX — CJ 4DPLEX is a privately held company that constructs and operates 4D cinema theatres.
• EXA Infrastructure — EXA Infrastructure owns and operates the most extensive dedicated infrastructure footprint connecting Europe and North America.
• Samsung Electronics — Discover the latest in electronic & smart appliance technology with Samsung. Find the next big thing from smartphones & tablets to laptops & tvs & more.

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• TEUIDA — Learn and speak Korean and Japanese app
• ZigTruck — ZigTruck is a comprehensive and user-friendly online platform designed specifically for buying and selling used trucks. It connects truck owners, dealers, and potential buyers, offering a wide variety of trucks, from light-duty to heavy-duty models, along with detailed specifications, pricing information, and customer reviews
• Mediark — Mediark compiles a comprehensive summary of a patient's symptoms, including key details such as the nature, duration, severity, and progression of each symptom, to ensure that medical staff receive accurate and timely information for effective diagnosis and treatment planning.

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• Zamface — Zamface is an app that makes beauty video.
• Wakebunny — Wakebunny is a company that specializes in IP-based commerce, leveraging intellectual property to create, market, and monetize unique products and experiences. By focusing on the strategic use of copyrights, trademarks, and brand assets, Wakebunny transforms original ideas, characters, and stories into commercially viable offerings across variousplatforms such as e-commerce, digital media, merchandising, and licensing.
• Inovio Pharmaceuticals — INOVIO is advancing novel immunotherapy technologies to reshape the future of treating and preventing infectious diseases and cancer.

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• Finda — Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products.
• forSPACElab — forSPACElab is food & restaurant data analysis & AI company, offers optimal data performance evaluation solutions & consulting of AX.

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• Cosmos Lab — Cosmos Lab is a battery manufacturer.
• AD System — AD System focuses on the development, manufacturing, sales and repairing of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles.
• Accorde Entertainment — Accorde Entertainment operates as a South Korean virtual entertainment agency.

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• MOPLAT — MOPLAT designs and manufactures electronic components used in mobility devices for automobiles.
• Dnotitia — Dnotitia is a pioneering AI (Artificial Intelligence) company driving innovative value by integrating AI and data. Founded in October 2023, Dnotitia specializes in developing; Seahorse, a high-performance vector database powered by its proprietary Vector Data Processing Units (VDPU), and Mnemos, a cutting-edge service solution for Large LanguageModels (LLMs). The company also leads the development of sLMs (Small Language Models) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, crucial for advancing generative AI technologies and positioning itself at the forefront of AI technology.
• ActionPower — ActionPower is an AI-based startup company that offers speech recognition and natural language processing technology services.

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• Ettifos — Ettifos provides flexible, reliable, and innovative V2X solutions to enable communication between all stakeholders on the road.
• Inocras — Unlock the potential of a Whole Genome Sequencing Test with Inocras. Transforming diagnosis and treatment for cancer and rare diseases.
• HANCOM InSpace — Inspace is an aerospace and geospatial intelligence company specializing in satellite ground systems and AI-based Earth observation services. It develops platforms for processing and analyzing satellite, drone, SAR, optical, and infrared imagery to support defense, environment, and commercial monitoring applications. The company also provides droneoperation systems and space data solutions, turning complex geospatial data into actionable intelligence for government and enterprise users.

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• MOAIS — MOAIS develops a smartphone AI solution that analyzes golf swing problem and offers a lesson solution. It is an on-device AI optimized for smart phones, has a video pose estimation, video segmentation, video classification, video object detection, and image processing of golf swing video.
• Redrob — McKinley & Rice is a software development and outsourcing company.
• Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.

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• FOBECON — Pobicon offers an auto-estimation solution that analyzes construction blueprints using vision AI and other algorithms to quantify the net quantity of raw materials utilized in construction in three days.
• Quantum AI — Quantum AI is an AI data company that offers offline and online data collection and analysis services. Currently, Quantum AI is providing various services centered on the financial sector, including AI document processing automation, intelligent voice consultation, assetization of unstructured financial data based on its own language model, and AIsearch. Utilizing a proprietary AI recognition engine, the company has integrated and analyzed various data sources, including financial documents, customer consultation history, and market news, and have carried out numerous AI data assetization projects for major domestic commercial banks and insurance companies.
• sherpas — Sherpas offers SMPLY, a data-based SaaS and IT management service, which uses AI for IT asset management. It simplifies tracking of applications and devices, analyzes business size and usage patterns, and recommends the most suitable solution for each company

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• A.drop — A.drop is an advertising solution that effectively leverages first-party (1P) in-app data from both web and mobile app developers to deliver highly personalized and targeted marketing campaigns, driving better engagement, higher conversion rates, and improved return on investment (ROI).
• ASET — ASET is a technology-based startup developing all-solid-state, composite electrolyte membrane technology that simultaneously improves fire safety and energy density.
• Awexome Ray — Awexome Ray is a company that manufactures next-generation X-ray generator.

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• TESOLLO — TESOLLO develops multi-joint robotic grippers and robotic hands for precise grasping and manipulation in industrial automation, humanoid robotics, and research.
• Aigencore — Aigencore is a specialized, advanced technology company focused on tritium solutions, nuclear fusion fuel cycles, and tritium-applied industrial products.
• Stress Solution — Based on unique medical and scientific information and ECG waveforms, Stress Solution creates sound that regulates and initiates the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. Currently, Healing Bit is utilizing wearable technology to detect stress in real time. Through this, an autonomous feedback system that uses artificial intelligence topredict individual stress level situations and take preventative measures is being developed.

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• Balaan — Balaan is a platform that allows you to get the latest luxury goods in just 3 days at a lower price than overseas fasting by contract with European local boutique
• Modern Toy — Modern Toy is a character toy developing company that manufactures and distributes toys for infants, girls, and boys.
• Robo Arete — Robo Arete is a completely automated and robotics enables F&B servicing company with restaurants and takeaways.

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• OpenTrade — OpenTrade (오픈트레이드) is a Korean business incubator focused on developing a communication-based crowdfunding platform for startups. Having identified lack of communication as the biggest stumbling block in attracting investments, the company has developed the platform to enable transparent communication between entrepreneurs, startups, andinvestors.OpenTrade’s crowdfunding platform enables startups to have ongoing communication with investors and thereby build a long-term relationship based on trust. OpenTrade also provides mentoring facilities in the areas of management, marketing, and finance.

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• Hemi Labs — Hemi (https://hemi.xyz) is a modular protocol that integrates Bitcoin and Ethereum to amplify and extend the core capabilities of the two leading blockchain networks. This offers a novel perspective on blockchain interoperability and scaling by approaching Bitcoin and Ethereum as components of a single supernetwork. The result providessecurity that exceeds that of Bitcoin (“superfinality”) and new levels of blockchain programmability, portability, and potential. Hemi was co-founded by Jeff Garzik (former Bitcoin core developer) and Max Sanchez (inventor of the Proof-of-Proof consensus protocol), and is surrounded by a team of renowned blockchain engineers, strategic partners and investors.
• XTAO — Publicly traded Bittensor company. Bridging TradFi and TAO. (TSXV: XTAO.U | OTC: XTAIF)
• Bitmine Immersion Technologies — Bitmine Immersion Technologies operates in the digital asset and blockchain technology sector by providing infrastructure and services for cryptocurrency mining and related activities. The company uses immersion cooling methods to host and operate mining hardware for Bitcoin and supports third-party equipment hosting, infrastructure management andequipment sales. Bitmine also engages in self-mining of digital assets and offers advisory services tied to digital asset treasury strategies and has expanded its focus to include broader crypto ecosystem services. Its data center offerings encompass power, rack space, environmental management systems, connectivity and monitoring software for mining operations. The company’s business integrates infrastructure support with asset accumulation and consulting for clients navigating cryptocurrency networks and mining markets.

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• Kitronyx — Tactile Pressure Distribution System
• Warp Space — Free Trial! Create your own unique AI friend.
• Unmanned Exploration Laboratory — Unmanned Exploration Laboratory manufactures multirotor drones, fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned vehicles for space exploration.

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• NexThera — Nexcera provides innovative and sustainable medical solutions.
• Unastella — Unastella is an aerospace company developing human spaceflight technologies, including launch vehicles and suborbital tourism systems. The company focuses on advancing reusable rocket technology and future space travel infrastructure for civilian space exploration missions. Unastella aims to support the growth of private human spaceflight andnext-generation aerospace innovation.
• Asteromorph — We are an AI for Science lab in Seoul. Our mission is to accelerate scientific advancements through the pursuit of superintelligence.

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• MVRIX — MVRIX is a forward-thinking biotechnology company that focuses on pushing the boundaries of therapeutic innovation. The company specialises in developing new drugs based on platform technology related to membranes and viruses, enabling humans to be free from the attack of viruses and microorganisms. Additionally, it offers engineerable recombinantbotulinum toxin and virucidal therapeutics.
• Quintessent — Quintessent is developing optical connectivity solutions to scale computing and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).
• Inserasolution — Inserasolution produces high-performance Fast & Fine Steering Mirrors for laser-based space optical communications and sophisticated defense systems.